Hour 1: Mets Bullpen HEROICS, Yankees ABS Chaos & Boone Backlash

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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A full night of New York baseball delivers plenty to unpack as the Mets grind out a win behind strong bullpen work while the Yankees drop a late one in Seattle. The conversation zeroes in on Aaron Boone’s in game decisions, the frustration of late night losses, and the reality of managing a long 162 game season. Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber break down the Yankees’ early offensive struggles, the Mets’ ongoing clutch hitting concerns, and the electric impact of the new ABS challenge system dominating headlines. Plus, a deep dive into Devin Williams’ encouraging performance, fan psychology in April, and how quickly narratives start to form just days into the season.

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0:00.0	We had last night something unique, something special.
0:03.4	A full night of New York baseball.
0:06.4	The Yankees did lose their first game of the year, late night to Seattle, with Cal Raleigh
0:10.4	walking it off.
0:11.6	The New York Mets defeat the St. Louis Cardinals behind a great effort from their bullpen
0:15.6	and a solid effort on Clay Holmes.
0:17.4	What was your biggest observations from last night?
0:19.8	Well, there's a couple of one. The Yankees are dominating this ABS thing.
0:24.5	They are. They dominate it. And it's like dismissively dominating it.
0:29.1	Like, you're wrong, dude. I know that was a walk. I'm taking my stuff off. Let's go.
0:33.9	And what are they? Five for five last night?
0:35.8	They were five for five last night.
0:37.7	The Yankees as offensive players are seven for eight, seven for seven since Caballero got the challenge wrong on opening night.
0:45.8	And when they're challenging behind the plate, they're three for three.
0:48.9	Right.
0:49.1	So when you do the math, they are 10 for 11 when challenging.
0:53.4	Yeah.
0:53.6	So that's one takeaway.
0:54.8	The other takeaway is that you can have Paul Blackburn back.
0:57.7	You can take him back.
0:59.1	We don't need him.
1:00.5	It's funny.
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